Cease and desist from Zoom Baits

[swingoil]

Received a cease and desist from Zoom Baits today on the Mad Dad Craw. If your selling these just wanted to give a heads up!

[MonteSS]

Did they give you the number of the patent it is breaking?

....Bill

[swingoil]

Yeah U.S. Patent No. 6,237,275 and they enclosed a copy ot the patent which is 11 pages long. I taled to the attorney and he said the patent infringment was the ridges on the claws.

[swingoil]

Also on the Maniac Craw from another mold supplier

[MonteSS]

That sounds like  the same patent that Strike King has on the Rage Tail ridges I think. IIRC they (Rage) are very specific on the size of the raised ridge and Jason made it differently to conform.

....Bill

[swingoil]

Bill the bait that they sent me the patent info on is the super chunk which looks nothing like either bait.
I would fight it if I had the time or money.

Frank

[swingoil]

BigHawg it has nothing to do with the bait itself it has to do with the ridge on the claws. That is what the attorney from Zoom told me. I just have the 4" Mad Dad

[WALLEYE WACKER]

Swingoil I looked at zoom baits and the ridge on there baits don't even come close to the ridge ccm has. And zoom is a one sided ridge  and ccm is a two sided ridge it's not even remotely the same. mike

[swingoil]

I realize that Mike but I'm not taking the chance. I googled the cases that Zoom have taken to court and they won them all. Like I said before if I had the money I would take them to court but I don't so I removed  the baits from my website. I just wanted to give everybody that's selling these baits also a heads up.

Frank

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Biting my tongue is hard to do sometimes...I'm still chewing on this one.

[Bass Snax Custom Baits]

Zoom always goes after the smaller guy. Bass Pro Shop sells exact copies of zoom products and now the new z drop by zoom is the exact same tail design as the cross tail shad.

[swingoil]

Zoom probably can't say too much what bass pro does if they want their product on bass pro's shelf. It just sucks I have a couple other baits that have ridges on the flappers but I don't think I'm going to put them on the website now!

[kipbass]

Does this mean that CCM/Do-It will help fight the cease and desist or pull the molds all together?

[swingoil]

I also got one for the manic craw from another company.

[basshunter5]

Id like to hear from jason and the do-it crew on this one.  This problem always seems to happen with a great bait. I've had four or five different molds I've had to stop using from various mold dealers and it really sucks when it happens. I'm not a big co. And I budget for one mold a month or 150$ if I'm saving for a larger cavity so when you purchase 6 multicavity molds over half a year and then it comes up you can't sell the bait you are already gonna be out 10% on the molds if you can sell them plus the cost of the stock you can no longer sell. I guess its just part of the game.  Not to change the subject but what about dels cl molds or his sh molds? I love both these baits but am afraid to sell them. I mean they have the zoom brands abbreviations even lol. Sorry for the rant